Saint Clare: A Light in Darkness
Saint Clare is the patroness of television. It’s interesting that the only worldwide catholic television network was founded by a Poor Clare Nun.
Saint Clare is the patroness of television. It’s interesting that the only worldwide catholic television network was founded by a Poor Clare Nun.
The Order of Cîteaux, or the Cistercians, came into being at the end of the 11th century (1098), in some swampy forests about twelve and a half miles from Dijon, the capital of Burgundy. After several other attempts, among them one at Molesmes which survived, the dozen or so founders ended up by withdrawing into this region, still uninhabitable at the time. The place seemed to guarantee them the complete solitude they were looking for.
Christ’s poverty on earth shows us our nothingness before God and the need to love him above all else.
